usb/midi adapter - which ones work well?

[Robert Klaar]

Great, and you didn't require drivers for the pcicard?, then there should be
no problem :), thx.

On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 6:09 AM, Beldon Dominello
<beldon at ourbrokenhome.com>wrote:

> I have an M-Audio Delta 1010, which uses a PCI card to interface with
> the audio/MIDI connector and it's worked out of the box with no
> additional drivers required (although the unit was installed when I
> first installed UBS).
>
> M-Audio releases their drivers through a third party, but they are
> "true" OEM drivers.
>
>     -=Beldon
>
> On Tue, 2009-01-27 at 14:15 +1300, Atom Smasher wrote:
> > i could be wrong here, someone feel free to jump in and correct what i
> > think i've found...
> >
> > it seems like the m-audio (2x2, 4x4) adapters work, but require drivers
> > that aren't supported by the manufacturer.
> >
> > it seems like the tapco link.midi 4x4 works out of the box, and the
> street
> > price is close to (or less than) the m-audio 2x2. it also seems a little
> > bit tougher (recessed front/rear panels, rubber padding) and a little
> > better designed, overall (different color LEDs for input/output/power,
> > kensington lock hole). of course, i'm just looking at pictures on the
> > 'net, so i could be off by a tad ;)
> >
> > ideologically, i'm also leaning towards the mackie because it seems to
> > "just work". i'd rather spend my money with a company that's following
> > standards, rather than a company that uses proprietary drivers and merely
> > tolerates linux users developing an independent driver, with no company
> > support (if i understand it correctly).
> >
> > it even looks like the tapco firmware upgrades are just a sysex file...
> so
> > i wouldn't expect any problems using amidi to upgrade the firmware.
> that's
> > actually two points they've scored; in addition to using sysex for
> > upgrades, they have upgrades!!
> >
> > like i said, this is based on a few minutes googling, and may not
> > accurately reflect reality.
> >
> > if anyone can comment on these (or other!) usb/midi adapters... please
> > do...
> >
> > thanks...
> >
> >
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